ABEL OFFICE MACHINES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01854834 · ltd · incorporated 1984-10-12
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 41.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£14.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 47620
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 47789Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)
- 95110Repair of computers and peripheral equipment
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (78/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 41.4y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 41.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
94 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £14,184
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,139 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£14k
↓ 7.4% YoY
Current Assets
£2k
↓ 26% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £14.2k | £15.3k |
| Current assets | £1.7k | £2.3k |
| Net assets | £14.2k | £15.3k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-06📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2020-08-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-14📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2018-03-14📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2018-03-14🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2018-03-14🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2017-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-06-01📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2016-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-09-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 1990-07-31🔒Charge registered #2Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1985-01-03🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1984-10-12🏢Company incorporatedAs ABEL OFFICE MACHINES LIMITED
Owner dependency
96/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ABEL" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 42 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Mary Elizabeth Abel Individual · British · DOB 10/1950 · age 76 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Francis Robert Abel Individual · British · DOB 03/1945 · age 81 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1984-10-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47620 — SIC 47620
Registered office
9-11 Carlton Road
Worksop
Nottinghamshire
S80 1PD
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-03
Last: 2026-05-20
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
Active
Active
Active
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 2 properties | 31/07/1990 | 14/03/2018 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 03/01/1985 | 14/03/2018 |
Recent filings (94 total)
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2025-02-24
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2024-05-20
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2024-02-27
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2023-05-22
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2023-02-27
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2022-05-20
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2021-11-02
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2021-07-06
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2020-08-21
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